An antlike stone beetle (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Beetles

are older than the dinosaurs and contain more described species than any other order of insects.

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The male Callipogon bearded longhorn beetle sports an impressively furry pair of mandibles. Females have smaller, less developed jaws.

Armenia, Belize

Rove beetle larvae (Staphylinidae) in a rotting log.

Kibale forest, Uganda

Male baridine weevils often have prosternal spines. The armaments are used to joust with competing males.

Armenia, Belize

A tropical leaf beetle, Stolas sp. (Chrysomelidae)

Armenia, Belize

Eupholus weevil (Focus-stacked composite image).

An antlike stone beetle (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Some of the world's strangest and most interesting beetles live only in ant colonies, skimming from the ants' vast resources to make their living. Here, a Vatesus rove beetle runs in a colony of Eciton army ants.

Armenia, Belize

A tropical leaf beetle, Stolas sp. (Chrysomelidae)

Armenia, Belize

A aphodiine dung beetle allows itself to be carried back to an Acromyrmex crassispinus nest. The biology of these beetles has not been studied, but it is possible that they breed in the ant's midden chambers.

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

An antlike stone beetle (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

An antlike stone beetle (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

An antlike stone beetle (Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: staphylinidae scydmaenidae antlike stone beetle scydmaeninae

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